Table 5. Trends and variability of yearly MSL through 1972 (from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1974). 





Dateaeritt 

 bepn 



Dates of missinc data 





Entire series 





1940-72 



LocitioD 



Trend' 



Standard error 

 of trend^ 



VariabUity^ 



Trend 



Standard error 

 of trend 



VariabUity 





nun/yr 



±lDin/yr 



Imin 



itim/yr 



tnmi/yr 



tnun 



Atlantic cout 



Eastport, Maine 



1930 



1957,58 



3.60 



0.29 



23.75 



4.05 



0.46 



25.22 



Portland, Maine 



1912 





2.30 



0.21 



29.09 



2.45 



0.54 



29.66 



PorUmouth, N.R 



1927 



193549 



2.42 



0.26 



21.77 



1.85 



0.38 



20.93 



Boston, Mass. 



1922 





2.89 



0.24 



25.19 



1.40 



0.42 



22.86 



Woods Hole, Mass. 



1933 



1965, 1967-69 



3.46 



0.32 



21.12 



3.10 



0.42 



20.83 



Buzzards Bay, Mass. 



1956 



1959 



1.17 



1.28 



24.92 









Newport, R.1. 



1931 





3.04 



0.27 



21.57 



2.50 



0.39 



21.32 



Providence, R.I. 



1939 



1947-56, 1967 



2.37 



044 



23.71 



2.36 



0.48 



24.29 



Montauk, N.Y. 



1948 



1959, 1972 



2.31 



0.74 



25.07 









New London, Conn. 



1939 





2.63 



0.38 



21.51 



2.57 



0.40 



21.77 



Port Jefferson, N.y. 



1958 





3.62 



1.71 



28.66 









New Rochelle, N.Y. 



1958 





3.10 



2.04 



34.06 









WiUetJ Pt.. N.Y. 



1932 





3.24 



0.35 



26.43 



2.81 



0.50 



27.25 



New York, N.Y.* 



1893 





2.87 



0.13 



27.29 



3.10 



0.40 



21.98 



Sandy Hooli, NJ. 



1933 





4.92 



0.33 



24.05 



5.00 



0.45 



24.76 



Atlantic City, NJ. 



1912 



1921-22, 1970-71 



3.90 



0.22 



28.06 



3.30 



0.54 



27.38 



Lewes, Del. 



1921 



1923-36, 1940-47, 1950-52 



3.54 



0.4S 



31.40 



2.89 



1.06 



33.87 



PhUadelphia, Pa. 



1901 



1921-22, 1959-60 



2.67 



0.22 



38.69 



2.38 



0.74 



40.29 



Baltimore, Md. 



1903 





3.39 



0.15 



25.90 



2.94 



0.46 



25.38 



Annapolis. Md. 



1929 



1969 



4.23 



0.30 



24.62 



3.49 



0.45 



23.86 



Washington, D.C 



1932 





3.28 



0.44 



33.35 



3.26 



0.63 



34.57 



Solomons, Md. 



1938 



1970 



3.87 



0.43 



24.87 



3.83 



0.49 



25.64 



Hampton Roads, Va, 



1928 





4.63 



0.35 



30.30 



3.84 



0.55 



29.83 



Portsmouth, Va. 



1936 





3.81 



0.41 



26.44 



3.87 



0.50 



27.56 



Charleston, S.C 



1922 





3.61 



0.33 



35.05 



2.22 



0.66 



36.01 



Fort Pulaski, Ga. 



1936 





2.65 



0.50 



32.43 



2.37 



0.61 



33.21 



Femandina, Fla. 



1939 





1.84 



0.60 



34.19 



1.66 



0.62 



34.18 



Mayport, Fla. 



1929 





2.69 



0.39 



32.83 



1.85 



0.61 



33.18 



Miami Beach. Fla. 



1932 





2.50 



0.29 



22.20 



1.97 



0.41 



22.44 



Key West, Fla. 



1913 





2.10 



0.19 



25.69 



0.99 



0.47 



25.78 



Cedar Key, Fla. 



1915 



1926-38 



2.04 



0.25 



29.23 



0.96 



0.55 



30.22 



Pensacola, Fla. 



1924 





2.36 



0.36 



35.94 



0.80 



0.61 



33.52 



Eugene Uland, La. 



1940 



1971-72 



9.21 



0.73 



36.41 



9.21 



0.73 



36.41 



Galveston. Ten. (Pier 21) 



1909 





5.95 



0.32 



46.82 



4.92 



0.81 



44.57 



San Diego, Calif. 



1906 



1.99 



0.16 



25.16 



1.56 



0.51 



28.15 



UJoUa,aUf. 



1925 



1954-55 



1.91 



0.28 



26.81 



1.89 



0.54 



29.47 



Los Angeles, Calif. 



1924 





0.66 



0.27 



26.86 



-0.30 



0.49 



26.65 



Alameda, Calif. 



1940 





0.45 



0.66 



36.08 



0.45 



0.66 



36.08 



San Francisco, Calif. 



1898 





1.97 



0.17 



31.33 



1.80 



0.63 



34.49 



Crescent Qty, Calif. 



1933 





-0.49 



0.42 



30.77 



-1.37 



0.55 



30.24 



Astoria, Oreg. 



1925 





0.05 



0.43 



40.79 



-0.43 



0.72 



39.60 



Seattle. Wash. 



1899 





1.93 



0.17 



30.83 



2.64 



0.53 



28.91 



Neah Ba\,Wash. 



1935 1959 



-0.86 



0.45 



30.25 



-1.36 



0.56 



30.70 



Friday Harbor, Wash. 



1934 



1.15 



0.43 



30.39 



0.79 



0.57 



31.15 



Ketchikan, Alaska 



1919 



0.003 



0.31 



35.95 



-0.16 



0.76 



41.42 



Sitka, .Alaska 



1938 -2.31 



0.49 



29.26 



-2.31 



0.55 



30.15 



Juneau. .Alaska 



1936 



-13.46 



0.56 



36.28 



-13.52 



0.70 



38.15 



Yakutat, Alaska 



1940 



-5.33 



0.63 



34.43 



-5.33 



0.63 



34.43 



Honolulu, Hawaii 



1905 



1.56 



0.22 



35.89 



0.004 



0.55 



29.92 



Cristobal, Canal Zone 



1909 



1.24 



0.15 



22.79 



0.74 



0.39 



21.59 



Sope of a least squares line of regresBlon: 



Sxy-(J:»)(2y)/„ 



b 

 where 



<^->y» 



date 



height of yearly MSL 



number of yearly MSL values 



.Standard error of slope: 



where 



By.x- standard error of estiniate. 



^1893-1920, Ft. Hanulton; 1921-72. The Batterjr. 



Standard error of estimate (standard deviation from line of regrevion): 



/iy» - (Sy)V . bCj^y . (Zx)(iy)/ ) 

 •^ - = V iTtl -' 



54 



